It is time to be set apart.
It is time to purchase the oil.
It is time to change your perspective and what you hold high in value.
The Holy Spirit is inviting you to yield to His influence…more. When you do, He will accomplish in you a setting apart which is His holiness. There are three things in this season of time that He is asking you to focus on: awareness, obedience, and humility.
Awareness
Have an increased awareness of the Holy Spirit. Allow yourself to be defined by His voice. Become aware of what you believe. Believing God’s word and His counsel will place you in perfect position for wisdom, power, cleansing, and His inheritance. Become deeply aware of His gift of righteousness and let it define you. Become aware of Who lives in you as a believer and the powerful anointing that clothes you.
Obedience
It is time to live apart from man-made doctrines. It is time to be fully immersed in His voice. Although grace is wonderful and freedom is always available, it is better to enter them through obedience. When He says go “right” do not hesitate.
Humility
True humility is a revelation of His ability and a total disregard for our own. True humility is when you allow God’s image, inside of you, to reflect to the world without any part of “you” blocking it.
The stiff-necked, prideful, and opinionated are clumsy in the Kingdom of God. The humble dance with Him…and are led by the Holy Spirit.
These three are only possible through the gift of the Holy Spirit. Jesus displayed them perfectly for us. He was completely empowered by the Holy Spirit and we can be too.
Our text this session is Acts 19:1-7. These believers were following the message of John the Baptist which was “repent for your sins…the Kingdom is coming”! Repent and repent and keep repenting. But Paul asked them if they had received the Holy Spirit. He proceeded to baptize them in the authority of the name of Jesus Christ and when he laid hands on them they were filled with the Holy Spirit.
Two levels of baptism. First they were submerged into union with Jesus Christ as believers. God was so confident in the completed work of Jesus, and His righteousness, that He took up residence inside a believer: the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus repeated, “Peace to you!” And told them, “Just as the Father has sent Me, I am sending you.” Then, taking a deep breath, He blew on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” John 21:21-22 TPT
We are immersed in His voice within.
God is confident…are you?
The second is the “being clothed with power” Jesus mentions in Luke 24:49. The power of the Holy Spirit to be messengers of God’s good news. He takes up residence for our sake and He comes upon us for the sake of others.
Every believer in Jesus Christ has the Holy Spirit within. They are sealed with His breath. But not every believer has pursued being clothed with His power which is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. In this, He fills our words with His Presence and His language.
Will you receive the fullness of His Spirit?
Will you allow a deeper transformation into the image of Jesus?
Will you hunger for a fresh overflow of His power? Not for yourself, but so the people around you can be set free by the anointing?
Blessings,
Pastor Teresa
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